Gideon's Triumph
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
War of the SparkWAR · #15
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.10 € · ★ 0.20 € · 0.14 $ · ★ 0.22 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- White
Card text
Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice that attacked or blocked this turn. If you control a Gideon planeswalker, that player sacrifices two of those creatures of their choice instead.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Kieran Yanner
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-05-03
Flavour text
His triumph came not from victory over his enemies, but from the salvation of those who survived.
Rulings
A creature that attacked and was removed from combat (such as by Spires of Orazca) still attacked, so it can be sacrificed.
A creature that was put onto the battlefield attacking didn’t attack, so it can’t be sacrificed.
Controlling more than one planeswalker of the appropriate type won’t have any more of a benefit than just controlling one.
Gideon’s Triumph can be cast after combat damage has been dealt. In this case, the target player chooses one or two creatures that attacked or blocked this turn and have survived combat damage.
Gideon’s Triumph can be cast before combat damage has been dealt. In this case, it can be cast before or after blockers have been chosen.
Gideon’s Triumph targets the player, not the creature or creatures to be sacrificed. A creature with hexproof may be sacrificed this way.
Whether you control an appropriate planeswalker is checked only as the spell resolves.